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子zǐ贡gòng问wèn师shī与yǔ商shāng也yě孰shú贤xián。子zǐ曰yuē，师shī也yě过guò，商shāng也yě不bù及jí。曰yuē，然rán则zé师shī愈yù与yú。子zǐ曰yuē，过guò犹yóu不bù及jí。

Modern Chinese Guide

子贡问：子张和子夏两人谁更贤能些？孔子说：子张过分，子夏不足。子贡说：那么是子张强一些吗？孔子说：过分和不足是一样的。

James Legge Translation

1. Tsze-kung asked which of the two, Shih or Shang, was the superior. The Master said, "Shih goes beyond the due mean, and Shang does not come up to it." 2. "Then," said Tsze-kung, "the superiority is with Shih, I suppose." 3. The Master said, "To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short."

Source: James Legge, public domain, 1893.

Notes

  • 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本（1893–1895）。
  • 简体化：原文由繁体转为简体（OpenCC），与公版英译逐句对应。
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